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Chapter 195. Kubernetes Components

Available as of Camel version 2.17

The Kubernetes components integrate your application with Kubernetes standalone or on top of Openshift.

The camel-kubernetes consists of 13 components:

In OpenShift, also:

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml for this component: 

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-kubernetes</artifactId>
    <version>x.x.x</version>
    <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>
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195.1. Headers
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NameTypeDescription

CamelKubernetesOperation

String

The Producer operation

CamelKubernetesNamespaceName

String

The Namespace name

CamelKubernetesNamespaceLabels

Map

The Namespace Labels

CamelKubernetesServiceLabels

Map

The Service labels

CamelKubernetesServiceName

String

The Service name

CamelKubernetesServiceSpec

io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ServiceSpec

The Spec for a Service

CamelKubernetesReplicationControllersLabels

Map

Replication controller labels

CamelKubernetesReplicationControllerName

String

Replication controller name

CamelKubernetesReplicationControllerSpec

io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ReplicationControllerSpec

The Spec for a Replication Controller

CamelKubernetesReplicationControllerReplicas

Integer

The number of replicas for a Replication Controller during the Scale operation

CamelKubernetesPodsLabels

Map

Pod labels

CamelKubernetesPodName

String

Pod name

CamelKubernetesPodSpec

io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.PodSpec

The Spec for a Pod

CamelKubernetesPersistentVolumesLabels

Map

Persistent Volume labels

CamelKubernetesPersistentVolumesName

String

Persistent Volume name

CamelKubernetesPersistentVolumesClaimsLabels

Map

Persistent Volume Claim labels

CamelKubernetesPersistentVolumesClaimsName

String

Persistent Volume Claim name

CamelKubernetesPersistentVolumesClaimsSpec

io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.PersistentVolumeClaimSpec

The Spec for a Persistent Volume claim

CamelKubernetesSecretsLabels

Map

Secret labels

CamelKubernetesSecretsName

String

Secret name

CamelKubernetesSecret

io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Secret

A Secret Object

CamelKubernetesResourcesQuotaLabels

Map

Resource Quota labels

CamelKubernetesResourcesQuotaName

String

Resource Quota name

CamelKubernetesResourceQuotaSpec

io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ResourceQuotaSpec

The Spec for a Resource Quota

CamelKubernetesServiceAccountsLabels

Map

Service Account labels

CamelKubernetesServiceAccountName

String

Service Account name

CamelKubernetesServiceAccount

io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ServiceAccount

A Service Account object

CamelKubernetesNodesLabels

Map

Node labels

CamelKubernetesNodeName

String

Node name

CamelKubernetesBuildsLabels

Map

Openshift Build labels

CamelKubernetesBuildName

String

Openshift Build name

CamelKubernetesBuildConfigsLabels

Map

Openshift Build Config labels

CamelKubernetesBuildConfigName

String

Openshift Build Config name

CamelKubernetesEventAction

io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.Watcher.Action

Action watched by the consumer

CamelKubernetesEventTimestamp

String

Timestamp of the action watched by the consumer

CamelKubernetesConfigMapName

String

ConfigMap name

CamelKubernetesConfigMapsLabels

Map

ConfigMap labels

CamelKubernetesConfigData

Map

ConfigMap Data

195.2. Usage
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195.2.1. Producer examples
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Here we show some examples of producer using camel-kubernetes.

195.2.2. Create a pod
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from("direct:createPod")
    .toF("kubernetes-pods://%s?oauthToken=%s&operation=createPod", host, authToken);
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By using the KubernetesConstants.KUBERNETES_POD_SPEC header you can specify your PodSpec and pass it to this operation.

195.2.3. Delete a pod
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from("direct:createPod")
    .toF("kubernetes-pods://%s?oauthToken=%s&operation=deletePod", host, authToken);
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By using the KubernetesConstants.KUBERNETES_POD_NAME header you can specify your Pod name and pass it to this operation.

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